Chapter IV: On Those Passing to Another Religion

— Passage to another religion or to another monastery sui iuris cannot be made without an indult of the Holy See. One passing to another religion must perform a novitiate, though not likewise a postulancy; during this he observes the vows and must obey the Master of novices also by reason of the vow of obedience. The particular rights and obligations which he had remain suspended. If he does not persevere in the new proposal, he is bound to return to the former religion, unless the time of vows has expired. One passing to another monastery of the same Order repeats neither novitiate nor profession. If he had already been professed of perpetual vows, one passing makes no temporal vows precede perpetual profession, but is not admitted to it without a deliberative vote of the Council or Chapter, and the Superior has the right of proving him longer, yet not beyond a year from the completed novitiate. One passing to another monastery of the same religion, from the day of passage; one passing to another religion, from the new profession made, loses all rights and obligations of the prior monastery or religion, and takes up the rights and offices of the other. If in the prior religion he had been solemnly professed, the very solemnity of the vows of itself is extinguished. Cf. cc. 632-636.

— Passage to another religion or to another monastery sui iuris requires an indult of the Holy See. One passing to another religion must perform a novitiate, during which he observes the vows; but he has special obligations suspended; if he had been professed of perpetual vows, he must make no temporal vows precede perpetual ones. But one passing to another monastery of the same Order repeats neither novitiate nor profession.